Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-09-05
METEOROLOGICAL DISPLAYS.

METEOROLOGICAL DISPLAYS.
Yesterdays Hewildering Cloud and
storm Exhibitions-A Tumult Above
and Below.
Though there were hopes OF placid
Itaiien skies and dreamy luxuriancs Of
atmospheric conditions with the arrival
of an autumnal month, September has
thus fer disappointed us. Yesterday, in
it's later hours, was the widest, weirdesi
of them all. There was q commotion in
theiupper space, q marshaling of the cloud
hosts and a marching OF cirrus, cumulus,
stratus and nimbus that was as appall.
ing as it was bewildering. The first
elimination came about three O'Clock in
the afternoon, when an impenetrable
bank of black and green cloud moved
upon MS out of the north. The face Of
the earth dsrkened under the approach
of this cloud, which covered the arch
from eastern to western horizon. Those
who watched it in its headlong race
felt that ii contained the ele-
ments Of o Cyclone, and when its ad-
vance scudded over us with scarcely q
breath to fan the tree tops there Was re-
lief and surprise that the destructive
monster had let us alone. That the
furies were turned loose in the upper
atmosphere was eviaeut, but their forces
were too much elevated to Craze the
earth. Following the passage of this
portentous cloud visitor came a deluge
of rain. which passed a half hour later
and left the sun shining between cloud
fragments and drops of water. Then
came q counter current from the east
which. again obscured the sky with
clouds. Another current from the south
swept back upon us the water laden
masses from that direction. This wss
followed by a current from che north, SO
at one time the cloud mixture above
was moving ia three different directions.
Far into the night this eommotion lasted,
accompanied by vivid lightning, heavy
crashes of thunder and some rain.
During this meteorological indulgence
the barometer was only slightly dis
turbed. The rainfall at the signal office
amounted to only eighty-foar hun
dredths Of IN inch. The lower wind
current, at different .imes during the
afternoon blew from the east, the south
east and the south.
l In Tho o0rnkry north onI vpaot ~
tho city the rainfall was much
greater than at the signal office. The
Rhine, which comes down through che
northwest bills began to run bank full
through the city about six O'Clock and
by nine O'Clock was out OF its banks and
a roaring torrent. The bridge at the
Pine street crossing was endangered by
the flood and its northern approach was
partially destroyed.
To-day the barometer is rather low
and the wind yafiabie, with an eastern
tendency. These conditions indicate
that the weather is yet unsettled.
IN THE COUNTRY.
From the country we have meagre re-
ports of the storm, only a few farmers
having appeared in town.
At Tabor, some fifteen miles west Of
Yankton. there was q furious he'll storm
which covered the ground with a man.
tie of ice. Many of the frigid pebbles
were the regulation size-as big as 3
hens egg-and some were ever larger
Corn was cut down in many fields, but
the damage Is not great as corn is gen
orally ripe.
Along Beaver creek and about Utica
which is at the head of Beaver creek
the rainfall was SO great that there 10 ne
previous example for comparison
Even the heavy rain of last week in tina
section, when between three and fou
inches of water fell, 10 mentioned as
light shower alongside the squeou
visitation OF yesterday afternoon
Beaver creek lesped out of its bank
and flooded the valley an,
this morning, fifteen hours after tn
storm. was still out of its banks. Man,
bridges we're destroyed and damaged
The Beaver creek visitation was NOR
like q water spout than q fall of rain. ]
came suddenly and inundated the Who'll
country. There was little hail with tn
water.
East OF the city the rainfall was muc
more profuse tina in the city. Abou
Volin's, on the Northwestern, there We
considerable hail and an abundance {
: water.
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